digital brain error

Use of experimental digital media

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- Imagine for a moment that you could turn nearly anything into a game controller or keyboard. What would you do? Create a drum kit from oranges? Play Doom with your alphabet soup? With the Makey Makey, it's possible!

The Makey Makey is an Arduino-based device that lets you turn nearly anything into a computer key. Just attach the included alligator clips to food, people, liquids, Play-Doh, or any other somewhat conductive material for a whole new level of interactivity and fun.  - 

  source: http://www.makershed.com/Makey_Makey_Standard_Kit_p/mkjl1.htm?&Click=107309

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- WORK BY Brenden Macaluso -

The Recompute PC comes from Brenden Macaluso and is the designer’s entry for the Greener Gadgets Design Competition in New York. The Recompute PC is a working machine that uses just three major electrical components; a motherboard (with processor and memory), a PSU and a hard drive. Word on the grapevine is the Recompute packs 2 GB of RAM, a 2.5-inch hard drive, four USB ports and a micro ATX motherboard. Electronics aside, the Recompute case is made of corrugated cardboard and its manufacturing process involves four simple steps: cutting, gluing (with non toxic adhesive), printing and electronic assembly.

Simplicity and renewable materials are all well and good but we had a couple of questions when we saw it, like, “how do you cool that thing?” Brenden Macaluso talked to Engadget about his product and mentioned that there's been some concern over the safety of using cardboard. He reasoned that cardboard is more heat-resistant than many plastics, with a much higher fire and ignition point -- 258°C and 427°C, respectively -- where plastics begin to melt at about 120°C. 

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- work by Rodrigo Solorzano -

This activatity starts whit a basic set to build a projector. It contents a flashlight, a set of slides which are the patterns for the different designs and a magnifying glass. To build the projector you reuse the packaging and fold it into the projector itself. Once the projector is finished you put all the pieces into the projector once you have done this you are ready to start making toys.

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Selective attention test: 

" We think we see the whole world, but we actually see a very particular part of it"   - Cathy N. Davidson - 

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